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| − | : It has not been suggested - I'm not even sure how to go about and do such a thing. I wouldn't even know how to communicate to Randall. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 00:23, 7 November 2021 (UTC)
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| | ::: Ok, I'll take a look again when I can, is there anything else I need to do? Like add an extension? --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 02:32, 1 August 2017 (UTC) | | ::: Ok, I'll take a look again when I can, is there anything else I need to do? Like add an extension? --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 02:32, 1 August 2017 (UTC) |
| | ::::Are we on MediaWiki version 1.16 or later? If not "$wgForeignFileRepos" would be the solution. But if the version is ok it's probably an https related problem: [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/InstantCommons#HTTPS InstantCommons#HTTPS]. Maybe this helps.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:39, 1 August 2017 (UTC) | | ::::Are we on MediaWiki version 1.16 or later? If not "$wgForeignFileRepos" would be the solution. But if the version is ok it's probably an https related problem: [https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/InstantCommons#HTTPS InstantCommons#HTTPS]. Maybe this helps.--[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:39, 1 August 2017 (UTC) |
| − | :::::'''Solved.''' As you can see above. I've had to update the ca-certificate package. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 23:56, 25 May 2018 (UTC)
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| − | == Email coming from a non-existent domain ==
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| − | The "confirm email" button sends email from "[email protected]". The vps.explainxkcd.com domain doesn't exist (according to CloudFlare's DNS servers). Some email servers (including sendmail's default configuration; see https://www.sendmail.org/~ca/email/doc8.12/cf/m4/features.html#accept_unresolvable_domains) will reject such emails. I haven't tested password recovery emails, but I wouldn't be surprised if the same problem exists there too. In my case, I've added "vps.explainxkcd.com" to my access database, but whom should I talk to about fixing the sent email? [[User:Piquan|Piquan]] ([[User talk:Piquan|talk]]) 02:44, 11 February 2018 (UTC) | |
| − | : The emails that I get when someone edits my talk page are: [email protected] and both settings in the localsettings.php are set to:$wgEmergencyContact = "[email protected]";$wgPasswordSender = "[email protected]"; but there might be a third one that catches those types of emails so I added $wgNoReplyAddress = "[email protected]"; Let me know if that fixes it. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 02:58, 13 April 2018 (UTC) | |
| − | ::I've send you an email from here: [[:Special:EmailUser/Jeff]]. I also requested a copy to me and that was more than two hours ago. But nothing happened and I'm sure you also didn't receive a mail. By having access to the log-files I'm sure I would figure out the problem. BTW: My last mail from here was in February. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 14:55, 13 April 2018 (UTC)
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| − | Ok, problem partly solved; my mails went into the Spam folder eventually meaning no notification to me. The reason is in fact what [[User:Piquan|Piquan]] has told in the initial comment. The mails are delivered via a mail server "vps.explainxkcd.com with local (Exim 4.80.1)" (belonging to Lunar Pages/Cloudflare) while the MX entry for explainxkcd.com is "mail.explainxkcd.com". There are two possible solutions, but the first is highly recommended:
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| − | *Lunar Pages/Cloudflare have to change the rewriting rules at their Exim message transfer agent to an existing domain name. This would be in this case "mail.explainxkcd.com".
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| − | *The name "vps.explainxkcd.com" must resolve to the IP 67.210.100.50 (we must hope that will not change in the future) AND there must be a second MX entry in the name registry for "explainxkcd.com" to "vps.explainxkcd.com". But I predict this would cause new problems in the future.
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| − | The FROM line in the mail header (e.g. From: Dgbrt <[email protected]> or something like <[email protected]>) is irrelevant because only the message agents needs a proper configuration. My former mail servers also rejected those corrupt mails; google mail just puts it into a spam folder. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 18:43, 13 April 2018 (UTC) | |
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| − | "V1 UNSUPPORTED - Please direct siteowner to g.co/recaptcha/upgrade". (I typed "V1 UNSUPPORTED" in the box and it worked.) It looks like the reCAPTCHA that's currently being used by the wiki is sunsetting on 31 March 2018 (in a month and a half, as of this writing), and so they're currently sending a small percentage of requests that notice instead of a CAPTCHA challenge. Thought I'd let you know. [[User:Piquan|Piquan]] ([[User talk:Piquan|talk]]) 02:55, 11 February 2018 (UTC)
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| − | Someone else has already mentioned that in the admin forum, but no one replied. I really think we should create a new forum for requests like that, as not many people visit that forum now. And at the time of this comment the CAPTCHA has expired. [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 07:40, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
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| − | : That's on me, I'm working on it. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 12:03, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
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| − | ::That's great, please also fix the email issue (section above). --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 12:15, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
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| − | Please reactivate the corrupt captcha or disable IPs from editing. We already have vandalism (see history at [[1031]])! --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 14:58, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
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| − | : Well, that was stupid. It's back on now. I'm going to fix it, but I can't fix it right now so I'll leave the broken one on. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 15:20, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
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| − | ::Thanks, a day or one more are not a problem yet. But maybe you should change the Sitenotice on top so that others can see that work is in progress. Nevertheless I would talk to you about some general issues here, so when you have time please contact me on my talk page. Maybe you remember that I've had a test-wiki at home to test my BOT. --[[User:Dgbrt|Dgbrt]] ([[User talk:Dgbrt|talk]]) 15:58, 12 April 2018 (UTC)
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| − | == A Couple of Issues ==
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| − | 1. Google seems to have changed something in AdSense again, and the ads have been appearing in random positions again since December, 2019. [https://wpadvancedads.com/adsense-in-random-positions-auto-ads/ This page] might have a solution? It's been quite a while, and the ads are still broken.
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| − | 2. New site called xkcd.wtf is blatantly stealing/scraping explanations from our site and posting it with a new theme. Not sure if it's a mirror or just Ctrl+C Ctrl+V. Is this even legal? [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 09:32, 4 April 2020 (UTC)
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| − | : Google keeps killing me with these. I'll see what I can do. Not sure about the page copying. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 16:32, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | :: looks like xkcd.wtf at least links to us and references us at the bottom since all of our stuff is CC licensed. Pretty friendly all things concerned. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 16:54, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | == Randall's NYT Columns ==
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| − | Hi, In June I posted a proposal on the community portal ([[explain_xkcd:Community_portal/Proposals#New_page_for_Randall.27s_regular_column_in_the_New_York_Times |New page for Randall's regular column in the NY Times]]) and I was sort of hoping to get feedback. The proposal does include a script for the page.
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| − | I'm not sure where the page would go or be linked from, but it would be similar to our page about [[whatif|what if?]]. Perhaps the see also sections of the [[Randall Munroe]] page and the [[xkcd]] page.
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| − | BTW Jeff, our own links to our [[whatif|what if?]] page don't work, because the page name ends with a question mark, which messes up the browser (or maybe the Wiki software). The link I gave in the previous sentence does work, but when you get to the page and ask for what links here, that fails. ([https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/Special:WhatLinksHere?target=what_if%3F&namespace%3D This, however] does work as an external link.) Probably need to rename the page to not include a question mark. But anyway. [[User:JohnB|JohnB]] ([[User talk:JohnB|talk]]) 16:54, 7 July 2020 (UTC)
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| − | :Every mod has LANCBed (leave and never come back). Nothing can be fixed.<span> — [[User:Sqrt-1|The <b>𝗦𝗾𝗿𝘁-𝟭</b>]] <sup>[[User talk:Sqrt-1|<span style="color: blue">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Sqrt-1|<span style="color: blue">stalk</span>]]</sup></span> 14:25, 18 January 2021 (UTC)
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| − | ::SlashMe is still active, but he doesn't have server access. I think Dgbrt has server access as well, and I left a comment on his talk page in the hopes that he'll reply (but he hasn't been active in a while). [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 02:16, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | ::: Sorry guys. I'm here. I can take a look at this for you. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 16:32, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | :::: Keep commenting here guys, because this notifies me. Life is nuts right now so my time is crazy. Send anything you need done. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 16:40, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | ::::: Thanks so much Jeff, this is very appreciated! Re: the "what if" errors, if it's at all helpful:
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| − | :::::: * The "<code>No input file specified</code>" error seems to happen for pages that end in question marks or have special characters like "é" in their name. A list of such pages is [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Technical#Known broken pages|here]].
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| − | :::::: * A possible solution is mentioned [[mw:Manual talk:Short URL/Page title -- Windows & Apache without 403 on Special Pages|here]] in the MediaWiki manual talk pages, involving [https://www.php.net/manual/en/ini.core.php#ini.cgi.force-redirect CGI settings in php.ini] (for IIS) or [https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/mod/mod_rewrite.html#rewriterule mod_rewrite settings in .htaccess] (for Apache). (Not sure if that's valid, or if there are any security/stability side-effects/consequences of that.)
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| − | :::::: * As a workaround in the meantime, [[User:Sqrt-1]] has moved/renamed the "[[what if?]]" page to "[[what if]]" to make it easier to get to.
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| − | :::::: * (If you're interested, there's a whole section about it in the Technical community portal [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Technical#Unable to view "what if?" page|here]].)
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| − | ::::: – [[User:Yfmcpxpj|Yfmcpxpj]] ([[User talk:Yfmcpxpj|talk]]) 17:41, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | : Re: Randall's New York Times columns, just a note that [[User:JohnB]] has created a page for this at [[New York Times: Good Question]]. – [[User:Yfmcpxpj|Yfmcpxpj]] ([[User talk:Yfmcpxpj|talk]]) 17:41, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | You might have accidentally vandalized the main page.
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| − | https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page&type=revision&diff=205838&oldid=158337
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| − | --[[Special:Contributions/162.158.238.8|162.158.238.8]] 20:28, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | :That literally made me jump out of my seat. Like, what the hell just happened here?!<span> — [[User:Sqrt-1|The <b>𝗦𝗾𝗿𝘁-𝟭</b>]] <sup>[[User talk:Sqrt-1|<span style="color: blue">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Sqrt-1|<span style="color: blue">stalk</span>]]</sup></span> 13:12, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | ::I just realised, the main page has been this way for 3 days?!<span> — [[User:Sqrt-1|The <b>𝗦𝗾𝗿𝘁-𝟭</b>]] <sup>[[User talk:Sqrt-1|<span style="color: blue">talk</span>]] [[Special:Contributions/Sqrt-1|<span style="color: blue">stalk</span>]]</sup></span> 13:12, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | ::: Reverted. Whoops, I must have read that one wrong. That's what I get for reading too fast. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 14:41, 8 February 2021 (UTC)
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| − | Thanks! [[User:Herobrine|Herobrine]] ([[User talk:Herobrine|talk]]) 04:54, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
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| − | : Google ads should be reverted to one (or turned off), either way I turned off the annoying "auto ads" that jump all over the place. Not sure how that got turned on in the first place. I agree we are way behind on versions. If you or anyone knows PHP and Mediawiki upgrades better, let me know - because I don't have the time to apply to this currently. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 13:45, 10 May 2021 (UTC)
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| − | Hi Jeff! Long time no talk :)
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| − | [[#I am really dumb|A while ago]] I suggested that the [[mw:Extension:RenameUser|RenameUser]] extension could be helpful to have installed in the wiki. Since then I happened to perform a username unification across my online accounts, including changing my Wikipedia username from "Waldir" to "Waldyrious" (thus matching my Twitter, GitHub, etc.). Would you consider installing the extension so that my username (and others, like [[User:.mau,]] above and [[User:Nk1406]] [[explain xkcd:Community portal/Admin requests#Altering Username|here]]) could be changed? --[[User:Waldir|Waldir]] ([[User talk:Waldir|talk]]) 12:31, 4 December 2021 (UTC)
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| − | Hi, Jeff. I was directed to you by Davidy22 in regards to my issue as it seems you have the ability to view the backend.
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| − | I joined this site in 2013 IIRC, I made a few edits/posts and then forgot about the account for a good 9 years. I came back and attempted to login but of course by now I forgot my password and I went through a few computers, browsers, and OSs so it wasn't saved. I've also been through a number of email addresses, most of which are still active and secondary under my current address. I was hoping I could provide you a list of emails I had used around that time and maybe I can regain access to the account that way.
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| − | Yo - Not sure if your talk page gets any special alerts, but in case it does: front page has got a good ol' vandal war goin' on. --[[User:SgtLion|SgtLion]] ([[User talk:SgtLion|talk]]) 21:37, 20 July 2022 (UTC)
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| − | : What do you need? I'll grant the rights. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 00:44, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
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| − | ::Another vandal war going on, this time there's a guy going around with IPs putting gore images on everything./ [[User:84596Gamma|84596Gamma]] ([[User talk:84596Gamma|talk]]) 00:48, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
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| − | ::: How can I help? --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]])
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| − | Hi Jeff.
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| − | I just sent you an email via the "Email this user" function, and I wanted to let you know in case you miss it, or it gets filtered out since I am a new user.
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| − | Thanks, --[[User:DanielWTQ|DanielWTQ]] ([[User talk:DanielWTQ|talk]]) 19:45, 2 April 2023 (UTC)
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| − | : What do you need? Let me know. Sorry didn't get the email. --[[User:Jeff|<b><font color="orange">Jeff</font></b>]] ([[User talk:Jeff|talk]]) 00:45, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
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| − | :: Hi Jeff. First I wanted to thank you for the existence of this wiki - I have read through all of the XKCD comics, and am not ashamed to admit there were more than a few that I needed the explanations in order to understand.
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| − | :: I work as a Technical Project Manager at [https://www.wikiteq.com/ WikiTeq], a MediaWiki consulting firm, and I wanted to reach out and offer our services. I noticed on your user page that you are "learning MediaWiki on the fly" and that there are a few things that need to be upgraded for the wiki to migrate to a newer version of MediaWiki. At WikiTeq we have plenty of experience with upgrading wikis, and would be able to help you out.
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| − | :: If you would be interested in learning more or discussing this further, I can be reached at <code>daniel{at}wikiteq.com</code> or via [[Special:EmailUser/DanielWTQ]].
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| − | :: Thanks, --[[User:DanielWTQ|DanielWTQ]] ([[User talk:DanielWTQ|talk]]) 04:28, 26 July 2023 (UTC)
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| − | Hi, Jeff. Yes: I'd like to keep being an admin. Thanks. -- [[User:Dtgriscom|Dtgriscom]] ([[User talk:Dtgriscom|talk]]) 13:12, 30 July 2023 (UTC)
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| − | : Well, when you get to it... -- [[User:Dtgriscom|Dtgriscom]] ([[User talk:Dtgriscom|talk]]) 12:44, 3 August 2023 (UTC)
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| − | Hi, Jeff. It's been two months since I asked to stay an admin, and there's been no word. It's possible you've changed your mind on promoting me, but it seems much more likely that you just haven't been around.
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| − | :While I've not been active for some time, a bit of casual browsing suggests that [[User:Dtgriscom]] is correct and there should be additional 'crats, and more than one - when everyone's a part-timer, you need more people to help out. [[User:Davidy22]] and [[User:Kynde]] are obvious candidates, though there may be another I've missed.
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| − | :Right now it looks like "This is Jeff's Wiki" is being designated through the fact that you're the only active 'crat, but this could also be designated by a Founder and/or Steward userright or even by a note on the Main Page or on the Community Portal, freeing the 'crat tag for use by other active users.
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